I’m 33 years old. When I’m not working for Wales I make a living as an engineering liaison for an aviation company.

Tywysog Llywelyn Jones Cymru from California who claims to be the rightful King of Wales (Image: Wales Online)

When did you start researching your Welsh ancestry?

It was always a goal after my father told me as a boy we were related to royalty but he didn’t know how.

25% of Welsh males descend from a continuous masculine royal line so it isn’t very uncommon.

You say that there are many Welsh men who descend from a continuous, masculine royal line. What justifies your claim to the titles?

Under the legal principle, “Vigilantibus non dormientibus æquitas subvenit” (Equity aids the vigilant, not the sleeping ones or ones who sleep on their rights).

Since no one has stepped forward to fix the issues in Wales and the ones that have been approached and could have possibly filled this position and taken up this fight expressed no interest in it; I claimed the titles in accordance in with Welsh native laws.

Hywel Dda set up the laws so that Wales would always have the ability to be free and independent from foreign rule.